I do not quite agree with your course of action on my edits regarding getting around the entrance fee in Yangon pagoda, because:

WV is spotted with such advices, some even worse like the constant mentioning of facts for people without an international driving in Vietnam: "Western tourists should avoid taking a rented motorbike to the White Sand Dunes if you are not in the possession of a Vietnamese driver's license." (Mui Ne#Get around) This is serious stuff that could lead to imprisoning, and far more serious than a forced exit from a government run pagoda.

Travellers should be aware that if there is a cost that there might also be an enforceable law. But it is up to them and their moral to make the judgement.

Money does clearly not have any moral. Arguing on moral grounds that something has to be paid is hypocritical.

If people come to Myanmar with the intention to leave as little money as possible with the current government, I reckon this is worth our support, given the injustice this government stands for.

Why is it me that has to question the others on this issue when I was not the one that removed this point in the first place? It was there the whole time, no one bothered. I merely restored the status quo. Shouldn't it be you asking the others for their opinion instead of taking this decision on your own?

(2) Does not support the inclusion of the content. The article states the entrance fee, and readers can still decide about paying.

(3) The first sentence make no sense and is unconnected to the deleted content. The second sentence is also flawed as the issue is the morales of promoting an illegal activity.

(4) What evidence do you have payment goes to the government and not, for example, the upkeep of the temple? Should you or others have qualms about money ending up with the government then don’t visit.

(5) Because you have repeatedly added this content and are trying to defend it. That it has previously been present is not a defence, is not how Wikis work and your argument is another logical fallacy (argument from silence) —The preceding comment was added by 103.52.228.27 (talk • contribs)

Please sign your posts on talk pages by typing 4 tildes (~) in a row at the end of each post.

My comment is that Wikivoyage:Illegal activities policy is not flexible, that this issue should be discussed at Wikivoyage talk:Illegal activities policy if you want to change that policy and at Talk:Yangon with links to at least two other threads if you want to try to attain a consensus for an exception. In no way could you have any chance of achieving a consensus by merely discussing things with me, especially as User:103.52.228.27 opposes your arguments, so even if I changed my mind (and I haven't), 2-1 is not a consensus. Also "It was there before, even though it violated Wikivoyage policy but no-one noticed it" is not a relevant argument in the face of a clear policy violation. Thanks. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:16, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

...and just reassure me that everything I'm saying here passes muster? Both in terms of being patient with inexperienced users and in terms of the nuances of our copyleft policy. Thanks. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 22:29, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Seems OK to me, but I didn't have any idea that only Federal government publications were public domain. Do we have any way to know for sure that the Town of Ledgeview's Parks & Recreation Plan in particular is not in public domain? Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:03, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

According to the State Copyright Resource Center at Harvard University, there are only four states - California, Florida, Massachusetts, and Virginia - whose government documents don't fall under copyright, so it stands to reason that the legislation that grants federal government documents presumptive public-domain status doesn't also cover subnational governments. I has about as much success with my Google search for the copyright status of documents produced by the town government of Ledgeview, Wisconsin as you could imagine. Best practice in this scenario is to err on the side of caution, agreed? -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 23:38, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Yes. If Downspec can show clear evidence that that the documents are in fact in the public domain, though, that would be fine. Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:13, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Good point there. The reason I created the article was that someone had created a link to the page, except that no page was there, so I created one. Feel free to merge the articles.73.223.163.36 03:25, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll take care of it when I feel up to it, or someone else will. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:52, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. I realize that cities are not broken up according to each district, but I was trying to make a start. Rather than East, West, Central etc, I was planning to slowly make distinctions according to locality and function, such as the coastal region, residential areas, industrial zones etc. However, within those categories, some districts which have more attractions, such as Jinshan, would probably be given their own article. In reality, we already have separate articles for other New Taipei districts, such as Xindian, Banqiao etc. I hope this is ok. If not, then I'll leave it. —The preceding comment was added by 111.240.211.156 (talk • contribs)

I don't know whether it's OK or not; all I'm saying is that you should discuss this at Talk:New Taipei and see if a consensus can be attained for your proposals. (And parenthetically, when you post to talk pages, please "sign" by typing 4 tildes [~] in a row at the end of each post.)

dammn thats hard stuff and I can't understand the main criticism. Im not a tourism professionals or employees of the city council, im just a former student of the Dortmund University who came to study in this City. The City is today my home and I will do my best to show a good critical analysis of the city like the other cities on en.wikivoyage. Its not my place of birth but I like the city and the football club. But maybe its easier to split the points of criticism.
(1) Its not a simply copy and paste of the eng. wiki article, because its my own work and I am the "main author" of a lot of Dortmund wiki articles. Please take a look on the edit history, its all my stuff. I collect the information of other sites like Mercer, Handelsblatt and so on and write them together.
(2) Ok thats a good fact. Lets discuss about the section. I think its pretty charming to know the city districts of Dortmund and I saw that in a lot of articles on others sites.
(3) I get it.
(4) Please see above, im not a tourism professionals. Primarily I have used the existing structure and sound of other Wikivoyage articles like Rotterdam, Liverpool, Manchester and so on.

So please restore my hard work of more than 1-2 weeks (take a look to the History of the englisch Dortmund Article, its all my own work) and we can discuss about some sections.

However, if I restore all your work, you'd need to restore all the listing templates by hand and edit every place where the tone needs editing. Since I gave you a direct link to the last version of the article before I reverted your work, why not copy and paste all useful content from there? If you like, you can click "edit" on that version and access all the code for that version.

I should say that although if you were the one to add particular sentences and phrases to a Wikipedia article, you retain the copyright to it, there are two issues: (1) At least some of that text is reused all over the Internet, so adding it verbatim is likely to greatly damage the Wikivoyage article's Google ranking; (2) You nevertheless always need to indicate in an edit summary or message on the article's talk page that you copied and pasted your own work from Wikipedia, so that other editors don't draw the conclusion that you are violating copyright.

I often get latitude information and general info about locations from Google Maps. I don't copy any original text, just phone numbers and things not actually created by Google Maps. This is allowed, right? SelfieCity (talk) 02:02, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Given that the template redlinks here (and we at least used to have a policy to use templates sparingly) you might have to explain what TPS is and does... I for one have no clue. Hobbitschuster (talk) 17:13, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

I skipped through the Wikipedia article you linked, and my reaction is that there's no need to import this template here. If you want to make sure someone sees a post, just ping them. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:57, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

If a hotel has a bar, restaurant, spa, barber shop and beach club, it still normally gets only one listing, and certainly not three. So please merge relevant and non-promotional information from the Co-Sea House Thai Food and Beverage and Akyra Beach Club listings you created into the Aleenta Resort and Spa listing, then delete the separate listings. If you don't do that, someone else might do it for you or might simply save time by undoing your work. And please avoid unclear promotional expressions like "very reasonable prices". Thanks a lot.

Best,

Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:48, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Aleenta, Akyra, and Co-Sea House are totally different places. Aleenta is a five star resort around a kilometer or two from the four star Akyra. Co-Sea is a small family run restaurant, totally unconnected to the local resorts. How did you assume that they are one and the same place? If 'very reasonable prices' is considered touting, then how should I convey to travelers that the cost of the meals are not high. Thanks. 101.108.103.50 05:57, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

I thought the phone numbers were the same for the different listings. If I made a mistake, I apologize. As for prices, the way you indicate what they are is by giving actual numbers. "Very reasonable" means very different things to different people in different places. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:32, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

The phone numbers for the three listings are different. There is no need for an apology. I am happy that you are checking my edits, as I am prone to make errors. I couldn't remember exact prices, but just remember thinking that the dishes were inexpensive. Next time I make an edit, I'll try to note actual prices. Thanks for your comments. 171.96.190.242 12:58, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

"Inexpensive" is clearer than "reasonable", but if it's already listed in a "Budget" subsection, that's sufficient to indicate general inexpensiveness. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:48, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

To help get you started contributing, we've created a tips for new contributors page, full of helpful links about policies and guidelines and style, as well as some important information on copyleft and basic stuff like how to edit a page. If you need help, check out Wikivoyage:Help, or post a message in the travellers' pub.By the way, have you considered creating an account here? While you can absolutely keep contributing as an anonymous user, it promises a bunch of benefits, and no obligations.Thanks for your great work so far! I think what you were trying to do was link Meditation in Japan while have the text say "meditation classes". The way you do that is: meditation classes - without the "nowiki", naturally.

If you have any other questions, please ask by typing a message below this one.All the best,

Thank you. I registered a long time ago, but keep forgetting to sign in.

Yes, I was trying to link Meditation in Japan while have the text say "meditation classes". I was almost got, but had it back to front: Meditation in Japan. Thanks for your help 119.2.103.21 13:22, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Please stop adding wrong information, and not least as you appear to have no relevant knowledge. Your content is wrong & is touting. It is also hypocritical for you to warn about edit warring ([1] when it is you who has removed accurate content on multiple occasions.. —The preceding comment was added by 116.50.59.180 (talk • contribs)

I never intend to remove accurate, non-touting and non-vandalistic content, and anywhere where I've done so, please restore the content with an explanation in your edit summary. All I ask of you, as of anyone else who makes substantive, non-obvious edits, is to give a clear explanation for them in your edit summary. You now finally have, I'm fully satisfied with it, and I thank you. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:39, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

You repeatedly added inaccurate content, and which was also touting. In respect of edit summaries you need to consider your actions, and are requested to be civil, as summaries such as this, [2], are unnecessarily aggressive. Reading the following appears warranted [3] and [4]

I reverted edits because they weren't explained in a way I understood, and it's normally a fairly routine thing on this site to revert unexplained deletions. I thought "this is wrong" was again a claim that my English was no good (a really annoying claim that you should stop making), not a comment about the claims you were editing out being factually incorrect, which I now finally realize is what you had meant. I apologize for expressing annoyance, but all I was asking for was a clear explanation. Again, now that you've given one, I'm perfectly happy with it.

Wikis are about communication, and when you edit war and don't give clear explanations for your edits, are you surprised that someone could find that annoying? You also probably didn't see my post to User talk:117.239.90.222, because you have a dynamic IP. I was annoyed, but I was trying to communicate with you, and the ultimate result was in fact this useful communication, though it took a while to get here.

I really do appreciate your helpful edits; just please try to clearly explain anything that might not be obvious, and if anything is reverted as an unexplained (or not clearly explained) deletion, just give a clear explanation in an edit summary or put a quick, clear explanation on the user talk page of whomever did the reversion. Sorry to be a little intemperate; I'll try to cut you some slack, but just keep communicating with other users. And do restore any text you believe I shouldn't have removed. Just give a reason in your edit summary. :-) Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:02, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply, and in response to your recent comments:

'when you edit war'. Any claim about edit warring is equally valid against you.

'claim that my English was no good (a really annoying claim that you should stop making)' The edit summary (and note your request 'just please try to clearly explain') was valid.

'I was annoyed' You are clearly an experienced editor, and hence should not allow such to influence your edits and comments. —The preceding comment was added by 116.50.59.180 (talk • contribs)

You are also an experienced editor, though it's hard to know quite how experienced, because you have a dynamic IP and usually don't sign your posts. Please sign your posts on talk pages, and if you don't know how, I'll gladly explain (I think explain again). Anyway, as I said, I am perfectly satisfied and happy with the explanation you ultimately gave, so I don't think I have more to say unless there's something else you'd like to talk about. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:55, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Kevin. It's a beautiful map, and I see the copyright is yours. It's not Wikivoyage style. Let's talk about this at Talk:Stavanger. I can start the thread. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:15, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ikan, it's the official municipality city map for Stavanger, Norway. This map is strategically placed in and around the city, as well as published in the guide book and online. It would be an asset for Wikivoyage visitors. Kind regards, Kevin Paul

It will, if and when a Wikivoyage-style version is produced. You could also use your knowledge to add latitude and longitude to the individual listings, so the dynamic map is updated. Happy editings Ibaman (talk) 16:36, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Still doesn't look Wikivoyage style to me. We can discuss this at Talk:Stavanger, though, as most other users who might be interested won't look at my user talk page. Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:47, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

I don't know, but you should be able to click the icons to the right of "Listings" in your edit screen. The temple is "See", the bicycle is "Do", the shopping cart is "Buy", etc. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:49, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the message about this page. I really appreciate it. I live in this beautiful town so I may come back and make more updates to make the page better. Hope you have a great day. Cheers. —The preceding comment was added by Lee Pettijohn (talk • contribs)

You're welcome, and that would be great. (Parenthetically, on talk [discussion] pages only, it's the practice on Wikis to sign your post by typing 4 tildes [~] at the end of each post.)

Surprised by this Revert. It is clear touting to get additional revenue from Youtube channel hits. Maybe you regard that as more acceptable than when a restaurant does it, but I make no distinction. Andrewssi2 (talk) 21:54, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

I have created a new page Rampurhat. I think I have goofed up in formatting the page. The top details above the banner have not come through and there seems to be something wrong with the Category:Birbhum-Murshidabad. Please help in setting these right. Regards. - Chandan Guha (talk) 02:01, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

I'm glad to help. I deleted the nonexistent template on the name Rampurhat at the beginning of the article: The name should be bolded but should never have curly brackets around it, which produces a red link to a nonexistent template. And in IsPartOf, you had simply misspelled Birbhum-Murshidabad.

Question: Why do you have a listing for a temple in Tarapith in the "See" section? Also, you can remove the default city name, Rampurhat, from hotel listings.

Hello, Ikan. I have a first adminy question that hopefully you don't mind answering. There are some longer-standing and presumably by now thoroughly trustworthy contributors who are still not autopatrollers, and whose edits still bear that annoying panicky red exclamation mark. Off the top of my head, I can think of Grahamsands (on WV since 2016) and Scalytail (joined about the same time as me; 5 years ago), though I may have noticed others in the past few months. Unless either of them have shady pasts on WV that I'm not aware of, it seems fairly self-evident that both users should be autopatrollers by now.

So the question is, is that something I and indeed any admin can (and should) change whenever we notice it should be, or is that something we need to gather consensus for, or do we ask the permission of the user? BTW, I know that I can make them both autopatrollers right now if I want to and have worked out how to do so, but really want to know if there is a procedure to be followed before I do that. Don't want to put my foot in it in my first week! Cheers, --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 19:15, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

This is something individual admins just do, whenever they consider it appropriate. Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:43, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Hey man, I just wanted to drop by and say I'm happy you're still active here.
You've made lots of good edits and welcomed me to Wikivoyage and it's good to see such a friendly member still active :)
Keep it up! Branthecan (talk)

As you suggested, I googled 'Jat Reserve', but results are about en:w:Jat reservation agitation. As it is under 'other destinations' in Haryana wikivoyage, I don't think it should be there as it is not a destination. 1997kB (talk) 06:34, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Also after checking history of Haryana originally it was Jarwa Reserve (which in andaman), but later I think it has been vandalized changed (here and here). 1997kB (talk) 06:40, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Those are surely good-faith edits, not vandalism, I would think, since they seemingly corrected the name of the reserve. Right now, there is no article about the Jat Reserve, so if you think it's of no interest to a visitor, I suggest you start a thread at Talk:Haryana proposing the deletion of the listing and giving support for your opinion that it's of no interest to travelers. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:07, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

But there is no place in Haryana called 'Jat Reserve', why we should waste time for a place, which even doesn't exist ? 1997kB (talk) 07:20, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

OK, if there is no such place, then go ahead and delete! You can type "doesn't exist" or something similar in your edit summary. Thanks for explaining. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:42, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

I just wanted to thank you for the feedback. I'm ultra new to this am learning with each edit. Forgive me if I don't get things quite right. Please keep the feedback coming! Djh918 (talk) 23:07, 13 February 2018 (UTC)DJH918

That said, even cruises to the Antarctic coast are more adventures than regular cruises.

In the sentence pattern [something] is more [word] (than [something else]), [word] should be an adjective, just because that’s what the average English speaker will expect. I read “cruises … are more adventures” and thought it was a typo, which is why I changed it.

the point is that they are adventures, rather than merely cruises.

That might be so, but I’d argue that a cruise is an adventure either way. There’s no need to use an unusual grammar structure to express such a minor nuance. These pages should be as clear as possible—after all, it’s not poetry, it’s a travel guide.

I haven't been on a lot of cruises (the closest I got was a ferry-cum-cruise from Hong Kong to Shanghai that took 3 nights and 2.5 days), but I understand that quite a lot of them are mostly a bunch of people stuffing their faces at the buffet, with occasional port visits, and not much of an adventure at all. I offered you an alternative wording: "they are adventures, rather than merely cruises". Or if you prefer "rather than ordinary cruises". I didn't create the sentence we're arguing about, but my English usage is different from yours: I would apply "adventurous" to a person or maybe an animal such as a cat, not an experience. An experience is an adventure or it isn't. I understand your objection to the shorthand of "more + noun", though I consider it marginal issue that can be resolved with a phrasing like "[a] is more of an [x] than a [y]". Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:02, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

How about this: "unlike normal cruises, antarctic cruises are usually marketed as adventure tourism and comfort level as well as price usually differ between non-Antarctic and antarctic cruises". The second half can be left out. Hobbitschuster (talk) 14:32, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Sounds okay to me. Just add a comma after "tourism". I might say "both comfort level and price" to make it a little more concise, too, but it sounds good. Dongzhimen (talk) 08:44, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

A comma is needed after "tourism" if it's followed by an independent clause, but I'm not going to use one. I will try a somewhat edited version of this and you can see what you think of it. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:43, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello! Sorry to disturb you. Is the autopatroll rights open to anybody? I'd really like to be more engaged in this community, and I think autopatrolling would be best for me. Jay Jay Marcus Keize13 (talk) 12:44, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Autopatroller means that your edits don't have exclamation points in WV:Recent changes patrol. Admins give that status to people who've been editing for a few months and in their opinion don't need close supervision. I think what you may be looking for is Patroller or Admin status. That's great! I think you should be an Autopatroller for a little while first and that it may take a bit more time before you become an Autopatroller. However, this site definitely could use more hands on deck with a mop and pail, so I'll keep your offer in mind for sure, and I really appreciate your contributions and desire to be more helpful.

Hey there. I'm just writing to say, please edit the part about the Ethiopian Jews to what you feel is more accurate. I am not an expert on this, but I just felt that we should mention other Jewish communities that are neither Ashkenazi, Sephardic nor Mizrachi to accurately reflect the diversity within the worldwide Jewish community. At least based on my understanding, the Ethiopian Jews do not belong to either of those three traditions.

Speaking of which, I was wondering if we should mention the Abayudaya community in Uganda, since they also follow Jewish religious customs. The only difference is that unlike the other communities, the Abayudaya are not descended from the original Jews, but instead converted to Judaism as a tribe. The dog2 (talk) 21:51, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree with your impulse. And on the question: Sure, why not? And there are also Jews in Ghana whose ancestors seem to have come directly from Israel after the destruction of the Temple. I'm not an expert, either, but I think it's quite unclear that all the Jewish communities you mentioned got there solely because they settled from somewhere else. I think there's been mixing with local populations nearly everywhere and also some conversion to Judaism in various places. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:42, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

This Wikipedia article may be of interest in this discussion. To give on minor point away, the Khazar myth has no basis in genetics. Hobbitschuster (talk) 14:05, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

The Khazars did exist, though. The myth is that Ashkenazim are all descended from Khazars, not that there was no Khazar Jewish kingdom. Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:25, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, that's what I was getting at: The antisemitic myth that Ashkenazi Jews are not "real Jews" has been thoroughly discredited by genetics as if the other evidence hadn't been enough... Hobbitschuster (talk) 15:24, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

The thing is, though, that anti-Semitic myth is completely meaningless under Jewish law, because Judaism is not a race and doesn't require that one's physical ancestors be Jewish. Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:32, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Most certainly there would have a lot of intermarriage. For instance, if you look at the Kaifeng Jews, they are believe to be descended from Persian Jewish traders who settled in China from the Tang to Song Dynasties, but by the Qing Dynasty, they were virtually indistinguishable in physical appearance from the non-Jewish Chinese. And of course, Ethiopian Jews look like other Ethiopians, Arab Jews look like other Arabs and European Jews look like other Europeans.

Speaking of the Abayudaya, based on the stuff on WP, one of the leaders decided to become Jewish in order to resist the British occupation of Uganda, so it was a fairly recent conversion. And I recently came across the news that there is a recently-discovered tribe in Zimbabwe that was nominally Christian or Muslim, but followed Jewish religious rituals. The dog2 (talk) 01:33, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I knew about the Lemba being descended from Kohanim. I didn't know they lived in Zimbabwe as well as South Africa. I also didn't know they retained some Jewish practices. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:45, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

From what I recently came across, it appears that there is a second group of "ultra-Orthodox" Jews called the Litvish or Yeshivish Jews, who are supposed to be distinct from the Chasidim. I would like to ask what you know about this, and if they are indeed distinct from the Chasidim, whether you can write something about them in the Judaism article. The dog2 (talk) 17:02, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Litvakers are of Lithuanian origin and a yeshiva is a place to learn about Judaism. Otherwise, I have no idea what you'd be referring to. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:32, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

This blog post mentions something about them being two distinct traditions, but I'm not sure how accurate it is. The dog2 (talk) 19:15, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

My English is not that good to write English texts accurately. Regarding the safety section, I experienced the following and you may wish to add anything you consider important to the article. a) Not recommended to separate from the group too far, especially on Erta Ale (from what I heard, the German tourist was shot after he and his guide got too far away from others at some timepoint). b) There are nowhere warning signs or fences, so stay away some 1-1,5 meters from the Erta Ale crater edge. c) Don't touch the water in Dallol ponds, as it contains acid. d) Next hospital is in Mekelle, which is several hours away (luckily, there is now a good road to Berhale, which Chinese have built a couple of years ago) and e) Common sense is always very important. --A.Savin (talk) 03:27, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

I added some of this (not the common sense, which is for better or worse assumed). Please do feel free to edit the text; if your English is off, someone can always edit that. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:05, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

I was wondering what your thoughts might be regarding instituting a topic ban for TheDog2's repeated edits at United States of America#Respect. We've never done this at Wikivoyage before and it's uncharted territory in terms of local policy; however, topic bans are a relatively commonplace procedure at Wikipedia, he's too valuable a contributor to ban entirely, and it seems like after as many times as he's ignored our pleas to find something else to focus on, we need to make a stronger statement this time. Normally I'd take this straight to the user ban page first, but given what an unusual situation this is, I figured it would be good to bounce it off another senior contributor to see if it would be appropriate to even bring it up for a nomination. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 18:28, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

I must say, I frankly do not understand the obsession of this user with making some vaguely "this political faction is evil" statements in that article. I am not sure where it is coming from and it is draining our resources... Hobbitschuster (talk) 20:10, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

I definitely see topic bans as being a useful tool for dealing with editors in particular situations. would it be appropriate in this circumstance? No. The last time TheDog2 edited the respect section was April 8, when all s/he did was move a subsection from "Cope" into "Respect". His/her latest contribution was to propose an addition on the talk page. @Mx. Granger: and I have responded with brief comments expressing opposition and suggesting that we move on quickly. I would not want to impose a topic ban for proposing something on a talk page. Further, TheDog2 has shown respect for other members of the community by editing the USA article to reduce the bloat. I think s/he will get the message when editors respond as we have. Ground Zero (talk) 20:16, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

As someone who occasionally watches but doesn't participate in Talk:USA, I agree with Ground Zero. A topic ban is not warranted given the adjustment in behaviour (i.e. going to the talk page first), and would be a drastic step - both for the user and for our site as a whole. Obviously you're free to propose it, but you know how I'd vote. Apologies to Ikan for all the notifications he's going to receive. ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 20:49, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

So far, there's been no big derail, and I will refrain from replying to his latest comment. I would keep a topic ban in reserve and doubt it's necessary now. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:53, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Okay. That's why I brought it up here first, rather than causing unnecessary rancor by charging ahead with an actual userban nomination. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 22:54, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

thanks - spooky checking wikipedia english articles they have been so neglected - there was even a page or two about bali that had voyage terminology and format. apologies for prolonged absences - hope to make for lost time. JarrahTree (talk) 00:50, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

contoh: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nusa_Lembongan saya bingung, bagaimana voyage di dalam wp en ? OK just a very very cursory check it looks like a lift from a very under-developed article of early days wiktravel or voyage... very tricky the different logics of voyage and en and potential 'lifts' from one to the other in either direcction. I think there was only another one - when have more time will investigate further both of them JarrahTree (talk) 01:02, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Syabasy on the new grandchild! My Indonesian, such as it ever was, is rusty, but I get your point. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:49, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Hey there, as you may already know, Muslims consider dogs to be unclean, so it is not permissible for Muslims to touch dogs or keep dogs as pets. My understanding is that there are passages in the Tanakh that describe dogs with a degree of contempt, so my question is whether or not there is a similar religious prohibition on dogs for Jews. If so, I think it is something that should be mentioned in the Respect section of Judaism article. The dog2 (talk) 18:18, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

I'm not close to an expert on Jewish Law, but as far as I know, there isn't. Also, I didn't want to get into complex technicalities of Islamic Law, but it's more complicated than Muslims flat-out not being allowed to have pet dogs. Some Muslims do, and it's OK, in their opinion, as long as they wash and say special prayers after they come into contact with dog saliva. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:34, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

A user has made about 10 edits each to Downtown Shanghai & Shanghai recently, mainly moving text (20,000+ bytes) from the former to the latter. This reverses a lot of the work I did in creating the Downtown article, but that is OK. I'm certain these edits are being done in good faith, and I think most of them are things that should be done.

However, I feel strongly they should not be done until after the Downtown article finishes its time as DotM. My comments to the user are at User_talk:Ar2332#Downtown_Shanghai_edits & include a link to earlier discussion.

I'm hardly unbiased here & I'm not certain what should be done now, so I'd like at least one other admin to look. Maybe you & User:AndreCarrotflower? Pashley (talk) 22:18, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

This user has contributed very constructively to these articles, e.g. by drawing their maps, & has been active on Talk:Shanghai as well. Pashley (talk) 22:31, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

And has been excellent in articles about Israel, too, among other places. This is a disagreement, nothing more. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:40, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

These edits have removed a lot of good content from a DotM. These edits would be problematic enough anyway but are near-vandalism when they occur to a DotM featured article. I would advise quickly rolling back these edits and then maybe considering going ahead with his edits after the Downtown Shanghai is no longer a DotM. Wikivoyagers who saw this article as it is now would be quite disappointed that it was being featured as a destination of the month. Selfie City (talk) 23:56, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

I agree, except that I'd reaffirm that I have no doubt no harm was intended. Thank you for taking charge of this. Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:17, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome. And yes, I've looked back at Talk:Shanghai#More_on_districts and the editor that removed the information is not a vandal or anything of the sort. I wouldn't be surprised if the editor did not realize that the article was being featured and did not realize the significance these edits had. It definitely feel, though, that we don't want to give potential new Wikivoyagers a bad impression of the site when even the DotM only appears half-written. Selfie City (talk) 00:22, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your message. I received a message telling me that my "edit appeared to be an attempt to use this site to advertise or promote a business or service" in Yazd page while there was not such this purpose and as a local I tried to add the property to the listings. However, after reading "Wikivoyage's guidelines on identifying promotional edits" I noticed that some guidelines were not applied. So, I try to change these parts and add the listing again. I hope all the guidelines will be met this time.

Why did you revert my edit? I was just fixing a broken link. --Numberguy6 (talk) 14:24, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

Because you were editing someone else's user page. Normally, no-one but the user should edit their own page. However, if you had typed in an edit summary that you were fixing a broken link, that would have been OK. You type an edit summary in the "Summary:" box below your edit screen. Thanks. Meanwhile, I'll revert my reversion - and include an edit summary. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:37, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the courtesy ping. I think you're right. After sending that welcome, I had second thoughts about the article. It is a sparsely populated area with many small towns. Perhaps an article can be created on the broader Coolamon Shire (WP article) because each town will only have 1 or 2 listings of note and the local tourism agency promotes Coolamon as a whole (see [6] and [7]). I didn't realise it was a Telstra vandal so I apologise. Perhaps one day Ardlethan will be a redirect to Coolamon Shire but until then it should be deleted. Gizza (roam) 05:12, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

The recent vandals you just blocked (good job!) and whose edits were quickly reverted is the same vandal that who went on a wild rampage a little while ago, although that time, he/she used a different username. I know it's the same vandal because both times, the vandal used the same language and said near-terrorist things (ex. that North Korea was good, Putin, etc.). What keeps happening is that he/she signs up on Wikivoyage, so even if we keep blocking their username, they get on Wikivoyage with a different username and do the vandalism all over again. Is there any way we could block them so they can't keep doing this? Selfie City (talk) 23:37, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Regarding the "cultural appropriation" controversy, the reason why I thought it should be mentioned in some form is because it has made news headlines a few times, so not mentioning it kind of feels like ignoring the elephant in the room. For instance, it was in the news that many Japanese-Americans were offended when Katy Perry wore a kimono at one of her concerts, while Japanese people actually from Japan did not find it even the slightest bit offensive. The most recent one, with that girl wearing a cheongsam to her prom, actually made global headlines. She got a lot of abuse from many Chinese-Americans (and others as well) on Twitter for doing that, while if you look at Weibo (the Chinese equivalent of Twitter), Chinese people from China were actually scratching their heads as to why Chinese-Americans found it offensive (and as a Chinese-Singaporean, I actually don't find it offensive at all), and many were even supportive of her.

I guess I'd like to ask for your opinion on how we can cover this in a fair way. On one hand, I don't want to misrepresent all left-wing Americans as oversensitive, because it is clearly not everyone, but it is true that many millennial Americans find it offensive (I'm currently not at UC Berkeley, NYU, or one of those far-left universities) if you wear an ethnic costume that is not from your ethnicity, because they consider that to be "cultural appropriation". The dog2 (talk) 01:03, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

"There have been some high-profile cases of anger by Americans toward other Americans who wear the traditional clothing of other nations and peoples." But you simply can't claim it's a pervasive problem if I've never gotten anything but compliments on my batik shirts. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:45, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Of course I'm not claiming that all Americans are offended. I will say right now that I have in fact met left-wing Americans who think that this "cultural appropriation" thing has gone too far. But it is most certainly more prevalent among college-educated millennials than in other sectors of the American population. I guess the important question is whether or not it is a large enough sector of the population to warrant any sort of warning to visitors. And based on the firestorm that we saw on Twitter, I think that some mention is warranted. But anyway, I think I'm good with the way you have phrased it. The dog2 (talk) 03:02, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

OK, cool. By the way, if anyone ever had the temerity to object to my wearing batik, I'd ask them to say it in Malay. And of course you can imagine the discussion that would follow. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:20, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

"Montages are problematic in particular for a travel guide, because their aesthetic is reminiscent of a travel brochure, or some other promotional, rather than informational, material."

What lame reasoning for not allowing collages. I simply used the Wikipedia collage/montage photo because it's a very convenient way to show a wider representation (9 sites) of the town rather than 2 photos. So does that mean Wikipedia articles look like travel brochures?

You've lowered the quality of the article, and wasted both of our time. I will not waste any more time going and hunting for individual photos.

Sorry you feel that way. I gave you the link to the reasoning, and it looks like you read it but disagree. That's OK! I don't agree with every Wikivoyage policy, either, and anyone is free to argue for a change in policy. In this case, the place to do that is Wikivoyage talk:Image policy. Please present your case there, rather than arguing with me for enforcing a policy which has so far been a consensus. Consensus is the Wiki way, and it's subject to change by a new consensus but not by the actions of an individual who disagrees with it in the absence of a new consensus. Thanks a lot. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:43, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

There are articles out there that show how the type of behavior you're exhibiting strongly discourages others from editing on Wikipedia/Wikivoyage. So I hope you consider the reasons why that is, and instead of destroying peoples improvements, you focus on improving articles. --RaffiKojian (talk) 06:48, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

I added 3 thumbnails. We're all volunteers here, and if you prefer not to edit rather than to edit within Wikivoyage guidelines, that's your call. Have a good night. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:57, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

And there's that well-documented attitude, now literally telling me to not to edit over a nonsensical "guideline" that you feel the overwhelming need to go around and enforce. --RaffiKojian (talk) 07:05, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

I am not about to go about trying to change policies and guidelines here, nor reporting an admin. I have simply made two points. 1) how silly it is that a collage taken from Wikipedia isn't allowed here because it would make the article look like a brochure. So either Wikipedia articles look like brochures or they don't. 2) the type of behavior you are exhibiting is shown to drive away less frequent editors. So since you are an admin, which I did not know, you can do with this information what you like. You can see my point about the collages and try to change the policy yourself and you can leave harmless changes be (and certainly never suggest someone leave the project over something like this), or you can disagree with me and/or ignore these points. Anyway, I too have made my points repeatedly and am done. --RaffiKojian (talk) 07:30, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

I don't think you understand. I absolutely do not want you to stop editing; what I want you to do is stop blaming me for enforcing a guideline you don't like. It's not worth it for me to enforce it when I get this kind of response, that's right, but no-one has a special exemption from guidelines developed over the course of discussions here, and if that's anyone's fault, it's the fault of the entire Wiki setup and the people who engaged in the discussions that resulted in the consensus in favor of the existing guidelines. I frankly did not develop the policy on collages, though I probably agree with it because the resulting photos are smaller and therefore less user-friendly than a smaller number of bigger images and a Commons link. But I think the bigger issue is that my enforcement made Wikivoyage no fun for you, and your response made it no fun for me. So therefore, in the future, you are likely to deal with someone else on this issue, if it comes up again. And I hope it doesn't. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:00, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for contribution, Ajanta has world famous caves and has heritage site. It was wrongly/purposely redirected to the Aurangabad city to take an undue advantage for redirect tourists. Caves were 120 Km far from that city and It has its own pages on Wikipedia also.
I am new to Wiki Voyage Help to make this page as per Wikivoyage standards.
-Mahajandeepakv (talk)

I appreciate that the bdi template is no longer used, but I am unable copy and paste Wikivoyage listing templates. If I open new templates for each listing, then I will need to transfer every detail to the new template line by line (name, address, phone number etc etc will all need to be individually retyped for each listing), and, unfortunately, I just don't have the time to do that. So, what do you suggest - that we use the bdi templates as we are transferring a large number of listings to new articles or just leave the information on the original page until someone has the time and energy to type the information for each listing into a new template. I'd be grateful for your advise. 202.51.93.63 11:55, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

It has already been suggested that you go into the Kathmandu article in edit mode, so that when you copy and paste, you are pasting the original Wikivoyage listing template codes, too. Unfortunately, you or someone else already got rid of some of the important formatting in the Kathmandu article. This has created a big mess, because it decreases the quality of the information and means that if you can't restore the codes, someone else has to laboriously do so. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:05, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, but how do I copy and paste a listing in edit mode. It is not allowing me to do so. It only allows me to copy a listing when out of edit mode, but then it is in bti format. Please advise me on this. Thank you. 202.51.93.63 18:27, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Ground Zero has explained it to me, and it works. Apologies for the trouble. 202.51.93.63 18:39, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

I know this is not travel-related, but with respect to a discussion we had on my talk page a long time ago, the SPLC has admitted its mistake and apologised to Maajid Nawaz for calling him an anti-Muslim extremist when he clearly isn't one. In light of this recent development, I retract what I said about the SPLC being an extremist organisation, and I wish you and your left wing buddies all the best in the continuing fight against bigotry. The dog2 (talk) 03:34, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

I thought about what you said at Talk:Maroua, and I'm going to take your advice. I'll spend more time working on the articles I've created and other blank ones, and less on creating new ones. For example, I added more content to Numidia. Libertarianmoderate (talk) 17:25, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

The templates here are so annoying. It's hard enough to have to deal with the Pagebanner and ispartof templates. You can't copy and paste easily, you have to build them yourself, etc. I really do not see a reason for the listing templates when a bullet list or what I did would work just as easily without dealing with templates. Libertarianmoderate (talk) 20:21, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

@Libertarianmoderate:, I am guessing from your comments above that you have not figured out how to work the listings templates. They are actually quite easy. When you open an edit screen, look above the box that you put text in. On the line above the text box, you should see "B I... {some other symbols}... Listings" and then a series of symbols: a building with columns for See), a bicycle (for Do), a shopping cart (for Buy), a knife and fork (for Eat), a margtini glass (for Drink), a bed (for Sleep). If you put the cursor in the text box, and then click on one of the symbols, the appropriate listing template will appear in the text box, and you can fill in the details. Please try it out. I hope this works for you. Ground Zero (talk) 02:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

You can also link individual listings to wikidata and have the data that is stored at wikidata filled in the appropriate fields, which is especially handy if you want to add geo coordinates (so that the listings show up on the map) Hobbitschuster (talk) 11:38, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

I'd emphasize that advertising on Wikivoyage is per se against the rules. Purely descriptive listings are not advertisements, however. Have a look at the links Ibaman so helpfully gave you. Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:19, 11 August 2018 (UTC)